Yahoo! News: World - Britain

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• Polls show Cameron won final election TV debate (AFP)
• Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters)
• Brown fails to win back voters in last British debate (AFP)
• Britain's third party leader grabs spotlight (AP)
• UK police: We had July 7 bomber's fingerprints (AP)
• Teacher acquitted of trying to kill pupil (AFP)
• British energy group BG says profits slip (AFP)
• The Economist backs Cameron in election (AFP)
• Banks face losses on real estate: study (AFP)
• House price growth hits double figures: survey (AFP)
• Fearful British parents keep kids closer than ever (Reuters)
• AstraZeneca 1st quarter profit up 29 percent (AP)
• BSkyB net profits rocket in third quarter (AFP)
• Helpline for stalking victims to be launched (AFP)
• British house prices rise 1 percent in April (AP)
• Brown faces crunch TV test after 'bigot' gaffe (AFP)
• Sale of ITV shares boosts BSkyB Q3 profit (AP)

Polls show Cameron won final election TV debate (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT AFP - The leader of the Conservatives, David Cameron, was the winner of the final leaders' TV debate ahead of next week's general election, according to instant polls.

Britain's Cameron judged winner of election debate (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - Polls declared Conservative leader David Cameron the winner Thursday of a final TV debate before next week's British election, giving him a boost going into the closing stages of the campaign.

Brown fails to win back voters in last British debate (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:39 PM PDT AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown sought to recover from a major gaffe by trumpeting his economic credentials in the final pre-election TV debate Thursday, but polls showed he failed to convince voters.

Britain's third party leader grabs spotlight (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:34 PM PDT AP - Fans compare him to Barack Obama. Young people greet him like a rock star. In a measure of his success, some newspapers are now on a mission to drag him down — so far to no avail.

UK police: We had July 7 bomber's fingerprints (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:12 PM PDT AP - British police acknowledged Thursday that they had long held the fingerprints of one of the Islamist suicide bombers who blew themselves up in the July 7, 2005 attacks on London's transit network.

Teacher acquitted of trying to kill pupil (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 11:02 AM PDT AFP - A teacher was found not guilty Thursday of attempting to murder a pupil by hitting him with a dumbbell while shouting: "Die, die, die".

British energy group BG says profits slip (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 10:38 AM PDT AFP - British energy producer BG Group said Thursday that first-quarter net profit fell 4.8 percent on the back of lower natural gas prices and a large writedown on assets sold.

The Economist backs Cameron in election (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 08:08 AM PDT AFP - The Economist declared its support Thursday for opposition leader David Cameron's Conservatives to oust Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party in elections next week.

Banks face losses on real estate: study (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:34 AM PDT AFP - Banks could suffer losses of up to 79.80 billion pounds on commercial real estate loans in Britain, Ireland and Spain between 2009 and 2011, ratings agency Standard and Poor's warned Thursday.

House price growth hits double figures: survey (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:23 AM PDT AFP - Home prices leapt 10.5 percent in April from the same month last year, returning to double-digit growth for the first time since June 2007, home-loans provider Nationwide said on Thursday.

Fearful British parents keep kids closer than ever (Reuters) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 07:19 AM PDT Reuters - Fearful parents are saying no to sleep-overs, banning children as old as 15 from using public transport on their own and watching over their kids like hawks at the local park, according to a new British study.

AstraZeneca 1st quarter profit up 29 percent (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 04:08 AM PDT AP - Anglo-Swiss pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC on Thursday reported that first-quarter profit rose by 29 percent, but cautioned that comparisons will be tougher in the second half of the year when a key patent expires.

BSkyB net profits rocket in third quarter (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 03:06 AM PDT AFP - Pay-TV giant BSkyB, owned by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, said Thursday its net profit rocketed in its third quarter, driven by strong demand for its high definition television services.

Helpline for stalking victims to be launched (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:14 AM PDT AFP - The first dedicated countrywide helpline for victims of stalking is set to be launched on Thursday.

British house prices rise 1 percent in April (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 02:02 AM PDT AP - Average house prices in Britain rose 1 percent from March to April, pushing the average sale price 10.5 percent higher than a year earlier, a major mortgage lender said Thursday.

Brown faces crunch TV test after 'bigot' gaffe (AFP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 01:48 AM PDT AFP - –Labour leader Gordon Brown is preparing for a final and crucial TV debate with his two main party rivals on Thursday before May 6 elections, reeling from a storm of criticism over his dismissal of a Rochdale woman as "bigoted" for making complaints about immigration.

Sale of ITV shares boosts BSkyB Q3 profit (AP) Posted: 29 Apr 2010 12:36 AM PDT AP - British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC on Thursday reported a third quarter profit of 286 million pounds ($434 million) with a boost from the forced sale of most of its stake in rival ITV PLC.

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